Bommel
[ˈbɔml̩]
The verdict
“Bommel” is uncommon German (frequency #65,056 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,056
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ball aus zusammengeknoteten Wollfäden, wie er zur Verzierung an Kleidungsstücke angebracht wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-bommel · Bommel · German
Bommel · rank #65,056 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,056
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH Brasilia
Nearest frequency peer: Brasilia (+2 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Bommel“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Blätterteig
Blätterteig
34,949 corpus weight
- Bodenreform
Bodenreform
34,948 corpus weight
- Bommel
Bommel
34,945 corpus weight
- Brasilia
Brasilia
34,943 corpus weight
- brasilianis…
brasilianisches
34,942 corpus weight
- Bratsche
Bratsche
34,941 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Bommel“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Bommel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈbɔml̩] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #65,056 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Bommel“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Bommel is uncommon German at frequency #65,056 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈbɔml̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ball aus zusammengeknoteten Wollfäden, wie er zur Verzierung an Kleidungsstücke angebracht wird".
Bommel doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Bommel, spelled B-O-M-M-E-L.
Definition
- 1Ball aus zusammengeknoteten Wollfäden, wie er zur Verzierung an Kleidungsstücke angebracht wird
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Bommel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
An ihrem Mantel waren lauter kleine Bommel angebracht.
„An der Wand hingen Papas Zeugnisse vom Bergbaustudium in Trondheim zusammen mit seinem Doktordiplom aus Paris und einem Klassenfoto aus Steinkjer, jeder Schüler mit schwarzer Mütze mit einem Bommel an einer langen Schnur.“
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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